Electricity in India: Providing Power for the Millions [electronic resource] /
Audinet, Pierre.
International Energy Agency.
International Energy AgencyContent Provider
Verneyre, François.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2002.
The quality of Indian electricity, which is still provided mainly by the electricity boards of the several federal states, has deteriorated sharply. This has seriously impeded the country's economic growth. India needs now to meet the growing demand for electricity from more than a billion citizens. Vast amounts of domestic and foreign investment will be required to reach this goal. India's electricity market is moving in the right direction, but the implementation of planned reforms must be accelerated. First necessary steps include improving the administration of public utilities, reducing electricity losses from pilfering and non-payment, bolstering the utilities' revenues, expanding transmission grids and offering private players more freedom of action. This book chronicles and analyses India's progress toward liberalisation since the early 1990s. It offers constructive advice on how to overcome the immense challenges facing the Indian electricity sector today.
Description based upon print version of record.
FOREWORD; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; TABLE OF CONTENTS; TABLE OF CONTENTS; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND POLICY MESSAGES; I. CONCLUSIONS AND POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS; GENERAL ELECTRICITY POLICY; RETAIL PRICING POLICY AND DEMAND; DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION; GENERATION; RURAL ELECTRIFICATION; II. INTRODUCTION: THE ELECTRIC POWER MARKET IN INDIA; ELECTRIC POWER DEMAND IN INDIA; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY IN INDIA; LIBERALISATION POLICY: TOWARD AN ELECTRICITY MARKET; ELECTRICITY PRICES AND SUBSIDIES; III. POLICIES FOR A POWER MARKET AND RESPONSESFROM MARKET PLAYERS; MAIN POLICY CHANGES
REGULATORY CHANGES AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL REGULATORY CHANGES AT THE STATE LEVEL; PRIVATE PLAYERS' RESPONSE TO MARKET DEVELOPMENT; IV. REMAINING CHALLENGES; THE POOR PERFORMANCE OF DISTRIBUTORS; ELECTRICITY PRICING AND MARKET ACCESS; INTEGRATION OF THE INDIAN ENERGY SECTOR; THE POWER MIX; REFERENCES
Includes bibliographical references (pages 101-102).
The quality of Indian electricity, which is still provided mainly by the electricity boards of the several federal states, has deteriorated sharply. This has seriously impeded the country's economic growth. India needs now to meet the growing demand for electricity from more than a billion citizens. Vast amounts of domestic and foreign investment will be required to reach this goal. India's electricity market is moving in the right direction, but the implementation of planned reforms must be accelerated. First necessary steps include improving the administration of public utilities, reducing electricity losses from pilfering and non-payment, bolstering the utilities' revenues, expanding transmission grids and offering private players more freedom of action. This book chronicles and analyses India's progress toward liberalisation since the early 1990s. It offers constructive advice on how to overcome the immense challenges facing the Indian electricity sector today.
Electric utilities
Electric power production
Electric utilities